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Freebies become the fig leaf that corrupt politicians and political parties use to cover their sins of omission and commission while seeking electoral support. (Representational Image/ AP)

Sanjaya Baru | Rising freebies: The fiscal price of political failures

When political parties promise free television sets, kitchenware and suchlike, they are using the taxpayer's money to...

2 May 2022 12:41 AM IST

Heres how they see us brownies: cheap, efficient, trouble-free labour.(Representational Image/ DC)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | White lies, brown noses

No one is lying sleepless and chanting the Hanuman Chalisa over our skyrocketing economic, military, yogic, and, above...

1 May 2022 2:42 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (PTI)

Anita Katyal | PK fiasco dents Priyanka image; Kejriwal calling shots...

Kejriwal and Bhagwant Singh recently signed an agreement to enable the 2 state governments to cooperate in various...

1 May 2022 2:03 AM IST

Justice Prateek Jalan ordered CBSE to consider as representation a petition by Deepa Joseph, mother of a Class 10 student studying in a CBSE affiliated school here, who had paid Rs 2,100 as examination fee. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Urdu by any other faith sounds just as sweet

It is my opinion that our educational content is still considerably trapped in the colonial legacy

1 May 2022 1:21 AM IST

Photo: Biplab Banerjee Location courtesy: Oxford Bookstore, Delhi.

Farrukh Dhondy | On returning to bookshops; challenges on social media

Will the cautionary lifting of Covid-19 restrictions bring book buyers back to the bookshops to savour the browsing...

29 April 2022 11:55 PM IST

Most of our Muslim brethren have observed the holy month of Ramzan, keeping rozas and praying for peace. (AP Photo)

Shobhaa De | As Id nears, stories of hope amid a toxic climate of fear

This has been one of the hottest months in recent history, and I am not talking about the heatstroke inducing...

29 April 2022 11:21 PM IST

Bulldozers being used to remove illegal structures during a joint anti-encroachment drive by NDMC, PWD, local bodies and the police, in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Saeed Naqvi | Jahangirpuri kills Ramzan spirit: Id will be observed,...

The weaker the intellect, the greater the tendency to deviate from fact and logic into miracle and magic

28 April 2022 11:48 PM IST

: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi pay tribute to Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary, at Parliament in New Delhi, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

Anand K. Sahay | PK flap: Fragile Cong fails to learn from past...

The Congress, in contrast, is not a single-person party, despite all the appearances

28 April 2022 11:37 PM IST

Apparently, hundreds of posts are currently vacant in various ministries and departments at various levels, impeding the efficient functioning of the government. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Babus' stir bears fruit, govt rushes to fill critical...

A few weeks ago, the representatives of CSS officers had met with the minister of state for personnel and PMO, Dr...

28 April 2022 12:59 AM IST

Prashant Kishor meets Sonia Gandhi amid speculations about joining Congress. (ANI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress looks paralysed for keeps; PK a PR stunt

The Congress' failure is its permanent leadership crisis

28 April 2022 12:37 AM IST

Passengers wait for taxis outside the T-3 terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Lekha Shankar | With more flights, fewer Covid rules, Thailand looks...

The biggest boost for tourism between the two countries was, of course, the resumption of commercial flights, after two...

27 April 2022 12:33 AM IST

All women contingent of Indian Army during the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

N.B. Singh | GOCO' model is not delivering for armed forces: A new one...

The GOCO model was meant to modernise the ABWs and free up Army personnel from maintenance work

27 April 2022 12:30 AM IST